Jump to content
Talk Sox
  • Create Account

moonslav59

Old-Timey Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    105,123

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    134

 Content Type 

Profiles

Boston Red Sox Videos

2026 Boston Red Sox Top Prospects Ranking

Boston Red Sox Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

Guides & Resources

2025 Boston Red Sox Draft Pick Tracker

News

2026 Boston Red Sox Draft Pick Tracker

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by moonslav59

  1. moonslav59
    I like jacko, too, and I enjoy reading his posts. I think he's riding high on small sample sizes, right now.
  2. moonslav59
    It's all about valuing JBJ as worth $4M, next year. If they thought he was worth $12M, this year, I'm not so sure it's a no-brainer for them.
  3. moonslav59
    Like Duran was, last year? (I'm not saying he isn't ready, but Bloom & Co. know better than we do.)
  4. moonslav59
    Once they slump, again, your tune will change, again.
  5. moonslav59
    So, it's impossible for the Sox to alter their approach? It's impossible for Pivetta, the guy you praised Bloom for trading for to turn things around? (He's the only starter struggling, and even he has a .636 OPS Against and a 1.97 FIP in his last 2 starts.)
  6. moonslav59
    JBJ has a massive buyout of his 2023 option year. It's $8M to let him walk and $12M to keep him. He may very well be back, next season.
  7. moonslav59
    It's hard to imagine them doing much better.
  8. moonslav59
    You said the same about Eovaldi that you are now saying about Paxton. Also, it could be Sale not Paxton that brings some relief to the rotation and allows Houck or Whitlock to go back to the pen. This is basically the same team you praised Bloom for building, last year, and after just one month, your tune is the exact opposite. Hell, you were even bashing Cashman and Boone and the Yankees, earlier, this season. You should know, seasons often turn on a dime.
  9. moonslav59
    You sound pretty sure of yourself and the Sox future. You sure didn't sound like this in March, and just one month has solved every riddle to the season? Our pitching may get better. You, yourself, said Bloom won the Pivetta trade, and he has sucked, so far. Sale and Paxton may return, and Hill and Eovaldi have shown signs of joining Wacha as being in the groove. We've heard you project the demise of our pen for several years, so I think you'd at least leave an a little chance they may not implode like you always expect them to. Our pen FWAR is 19th best. Its xFIP is nearly the same as the Yanks, and that's with Houck and Whitlock starting some games. All is not lost for this season, but I'm not going to pretend things look good, right now, but bashing our future pitching is just plain speculation.
  10. moonslav59
    We're like 3-4 games behind the playoffs while playing as badly as possible. I'm not predicting glory, but it won't take much to get back in the WC race. A lot can happen before July. I seriously doubt this offense will stay this bad. It's easy to look at the Sox and say we see no signs of turning things around, but baseball is a long season.
  11. moonslav59
    He's going to need to do well, just to shut up the Renfroe lovers.
  12. moonslav59
    The season is still young, but certainly we could head down tis road, and in a way, it would help our longer term goals.
  13. moonslav59
    That's how I felt when you guys traded away prospects.
  14. moonslav59
    Keeping Bogey. JD, Devers and Big Nate at market rates is not much different from signing free agents to replace them, in theory. It's not much different from the Yanks keeping Judge. Was it prudent to extend LeMahieu? (It looks good now, but wait until 2025-2026.) Look, I'm not saying I want all these guys gone. I'm driving the Devers Forevers bandwagon, and I wanted us to offer Betts 10-12 years. We may end up keeping Eovaldi. Who knows what the market is for JD. I think we'll spend big, this coming winter, but I think we may be looking more at the window starting around 2024 or 2025 (Casas, Yorke, Mayer, Bello, Walter, Gonzalez and maybe others plus some key FAs.)
  15. moonslav59
    A lot of money to sign other stars?
  16. moonslav59
    I stopped looking at .650, since that's about the league mean.
  17. moonslav59
    You mean the Outback Steak House Chaim?
  18. moonslav59
    He does better with a slower bat speed.
  19. moonslav59
    Just when we needed it most!
  20. moonslav59
    On the farm, today... DHern 3 BB & 3 H in 1.1 IP Downs, Casas and Refsnyder all with 2 hits and an HR. Stewart went 1-3 w an HR. Portland got 1 hit. Murphy 4 IP, 2H, 2ER, 4BB, 4K. Greenville just went up 7-2. Binelas hit his 7th, Northcut his 8th and Jimenez his 4th. Yorke is 2 for 3, so far. Van Belle 4 IP, 4H, 2ER, 0BB, 6K. Salem let up just 2 hits in a 2-0 win. Paulino went 3-5, Lopez 3-4 and Jordan 2-4,
  21. moonslav59
    True, but often the tone of a season is set rather early in a season. I'm still far from giving up, but they are really pushing the envelope, here.
  22. moonslav59
    See, I told you CERA was real. LOL!
  23. moonslav59
    This seems worse than the opening series sweep, last year.
  24. moonslav59
    Some selected other early returns: OPS .254 E Rosario .398 Schoop .443 Semien .479 N Cruz .596 Story .633 Correa
  25. moonslav59
    With Groome's 10 Ks and 0 BBs, last night, here is the updated K:BB ratios of some Sox pitching prospects: 29:0 Wakter 17:3 Van Belle 28:5 Pannone 19:5 Groome 32:8 Bello 15:5 Seabold 16:6 Santos
×
×
  • Create New...